I shouldn't pick favorites... but not only do I LOVE these quilts I also LOVE how the photography went for them. We had days & days of rain and gloomy weather so I was excited as can be when the sun came out!!

Here is the back of the pattern. It has four size options and will include full size templates that can be used in place of a 60° ruler. The ruler that I used is the new large 12" 60° ruler from Creative Grids. Most of you know that I love working with 60° angles from the Hexagon Quilt-A-Long last year. This super sized ruler adds so many new possibilities!

{ notice the nifty new tag? right now it just brings you to my blog... but soon it'll go directly to some cool stuff... i'll let you know when all of that is together! }

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Some cover photo shoot outtakes.

I wanted to shoot by the water... but I was afraid I'd drop the quilts in... so this was as close as I got.

Not a bad photo, but in the end I decided to make the blue quilt the focus.

The lighting from this side wasn't doing much for the quilts.

I love how this shot shows the detail in Angela's quilting. I'm sure by now everyone knows how much I love Angela's work... but honestly each time a new quilt comes home from her I'm amazed by what she does.

I always ask Angela for a few words about the quilting on each quilt so that I can include it in the pattern. This way if you want something similar done you could communicate it to your quilter.

For the blue quilt:

I quilted triangle shapes in the center of the triangle and quilted small pebbles in the lighter outer borders.
For the pink quilt:
In the center of the triangles, I quilted a flower, filling up the whole space. I also used a wishbone design in the thinner outer borders of the triangles.

More odd lighting... but it does show you the quilting!

This photo didn't show enough of the pattern... and has it on it's side.

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I thought maybe folding one of the two would be the way to show both... but none of those photos did it for me.

While this wasn't "cover" material it does show you more of the quilt that most of the photos do.

At the end I shot a bunch with them both folded & ended up with a few of my favorite photos from the day. Soon I'll show you my #1 favorite photo.

I hope you love her as much as I do!!

If you are coming to Quilt Market be sure to stop by my booth, #2644, to see Chopsticks in person!

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This pattern will be available after Quilt Market. When I have an exact date from the printer I will let you all know!

WOW ! these quilts are absolutely GORGEOUS ! Now I am thinking THIS ONE is my favorite of yours , well so far anyway ! I'll send you my address in case you want to send ME one, not Rachel ! And Rachel can send me one of HER quilts too !!

Another great design, Julie. I just finished piecing Firecracker for my niece in a twin bed size for her to take to college. I have an appointment next week with a friend who will be machine quilting it. I'll post a picture when I get it back. My daughter emailed me last week with a picture of your Raspberry Dessert that she saw in Spincushion, so that will be next on my list. Good luck at Market

These quilts are fantastic! I LOVE the blue with the linen. Def. adding this to my must-have pattern list, and I don't usually buy patterns! Fantastic idea with the triangles, because I'm getting sick of squares :) (Working on a king sized coin quilt can make you hate anything box shaped very quickly lol.)

Really love this design and of course, they look beautiful in these fabrics. Wondering how you came up with the name. I saw the name before I saw the photos & I don't know what I was picturing-but it was something far different.

I love this! It's going to be great for showcasing larger prints! Also, I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate seeing all the outtake photos. It's so nice to see your process and know that it can take quite a bit of shooting to get the image that you're happy with. I'm sure as you continue there will be fewer and fewer outtake images as you get a feel for what works!

AGAIN!?? Geez woman! Do you EVER sleep? I LOVE this one too. And the new tag on the pattern ~ VERY cool. And even better is your site loads perfectly as well when using the tag. So many are using those tags but they don't have the correct 'stuff'(I am not up on the techie parts of tags and webs for phones yet) and their site is almost full size forcing one to scroll for days to see anything on it which can be totally frustrating while using a small 4x3screen. YOU however, have done it perfectly. As if I'd ever doubt that since you seem to do things right making it easier for your customers. Of course, I don't have a clue how many bad words on your end were coming out of your mouth to get that to the point where it works great for your customers. LOL